Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice

The publishing industry is canceling Jews

(JNS) — One of my favorite stories of the Jewish American experience begins in the early days of Hollywood. Jewish immigrants, newly rich from the success of their movie studios, were denied entry to Los Angeles’s elite country clubs. So, of course, they built their own. Shortly after the Hillcrest Country Club was opened in 1920, oil was discovered on the club’s grounds. As a result, among Hollywood’s elite, the Jews were the only ones whose club paid them for their membership.

Today, we face a growing list of entities that—openly or surreptitiously—deny us entry. In my corner of the book wor...

 

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